Staff Picks: NYC Food Institutions We Can't Live Without

We've been talking and reading about the imminent closing of Hinsch's, the Bay Ridge institution—and reading our share of odes to the place. Which got us thinking about our own beloved New York icons: which ones can we just not live without? And if they were to close, would New York still be our New York?

Here are our picks for the food institutions that help define our New York. What are yours?